Here is south Louisiana it sometimes happens that hunters will set fire to one side of a marsh and other hunters would stand outside of the marsh, usually across a bit of open water, and then shoot the animals that run towards them from the fire. A similar technique was used by hunters in Ohio years ago. One group of hunters would walk though a wooded area flushing out the animals while another group would stand along a roadway and wait for the animals to run out of the woods. Brutal. My father took me a hunting for rabbits and pheasant few times when I was a child, I was allowed a sling shot. I liked the big boom of the 12 gauge shotgun (I shot skeet) but I could never see the enjoyment in killing anything. I used to bury the fish that I caught when he took me fishing. Funny thing is that every fish that I ever buried must have been eaten by other animals, because it never failed that, the next day the small grave would be empty. Bill
Find what makes your heart sing…and do it! ________________________________ From: Edgar Owen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, September 10, 2012 6:07:15 PM Subject: Re: [Zen] suffering KG, I do feed them some corn and table scraps but I live on 16 acres and there are plenty of other things for them to eat too. There are many deer around this area and most are fairly tame... Of course the hunters bait them by dumping corn under their tree stands and shooting them when they come to feed.... To me that's a huge betrayal of trust, to feed an animal so you can then kill it... Edgar On Sep 10, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Kristopher Grey wrote: > > > Edgar, > >Do you feed them, or (perhaps unintentionally) present feeding opportunities >with grass/garden, and thereby acclimate them to human presence? Just a >thought, an interrelated aspect, not a judgment. > >KG > > > > >On 9/10/2012 6:48 AM, Edgar Owen wrote: > > >>Merle, >> >> >>I have the same problem with people killing animals. Today is the first day >>of >>deer hunting season here in NJ. Since I've lived here I've had continual >>problems with hunters in all sorts of ways and have continually fought to >>deter >>and prevent them, in particular from killing the wonderful deer family that >>hangs out in my front yard and comes right up to me when I come out the door. >> >> >>It's a continual test of my Zen! And a continual lesson that Zen can indeed >>be >>active in the world... >> >> >>Edgar >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Sep 10, 2012, at 3:49 AM, Merle Lester wrote: >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> i dunno about you folk out there but i am no good at suffering... firstly >>>my >>>own and secondly witnessing others...human, animal or vegetable... >>>suffering is no way to live >>> >>>Merle >>>www.wix.com/merlewiitpom/1 >>> >>> >>
